Phytosanitary Certificate
A phytosanitary certificate is an official plant-health document used for many international plant and seed shipments. Whether your PalmSeedlings order needs one — and how it is charged — depends on the destination and on what you buy.
European Union
Orders within the EU do not need a phytosanitary certificate.
Great Britain (UK) and Canada
- Seeds only: no phytosanitary certificate and no phytosanitary fee. Shipping is the base price shown at checkout.
- Seedlings or other live plants (including mixed carts): one Phytosanitary certificate (live plants) fee of €65 per order (not per item) is added at checkout.
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland follows EU plant health rules, so orders to Northern Ireland do not need a phytosanitary certificate and no phytosanitary fee applies. Seedlings and live plants travel with an EU plant passport.
Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Orders from mainland Spain or the Balearics do not need a phytosanitary certificate, and no phytosanitary fee applies. Shipping is the base price shown at checkout. Seedlings and live plants travel with an EU plant passport. Swiss rules treat the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla as outside the EU, so this does not apply to shipments from those territories.
Norway and Iceland
Shipping is shown as a base price with no phytosanitary certificate included.
- Seed-only orders: no phytosanitary certificate and no phytosanitary fee.
- Orders that include seedlings or other live plants: a phytosanitary certificate is required, and one “Phytosanitary certificate (live plants)” fee of €65 per order (not per item) is added at checkout.
For Norway, the buyer must notify the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet) before a live-plant shipment arrives.
For Iceland, the buyer must obtain a MAST import permit for any shipment that includes live plants and send it to us before we dispatch the order.
Serbia
Orders to Serbia are shipped at the base price shown at checkout, with no phytosanitary certificate and no phytosanitary fee.
USA, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands
The phytosanitary certificate cost is included in the shipping price shown at checkout.
If you have a valid USDA APHIS Small Lots of Seed permit, please contact us before you order and provide your permit and its shipping label. Eligible seed-only orders that meet all conditions of the permit can be shipped under that permit without a phytosanitary certificate. This option does not apply to seedlings or live plants. We do not remove the certificate cost from checkout automatically; each case is reviewed.
Other destinations outside the EU
A phytosanitary certificate is normally included with the shipment, and its cost is part of the shipping price shown at checkout.
Your responsibilities
If your country needs other import documents or a buyer’s permit, you must obtain them and tell us in advance if we need to add anything to the shipment. The buyer is responsible for meeting their own country’s customs and import rules. If you need help, contact us and we will do our best to assist.
Seeds are shipped mainly by UPS courier. For packing and carrier details, see How do we ship? and the Shipping Policy.
This is an example of part of the phytosanitary certificate which may be included with the shipment and sent to the customer.
